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Pitcher · 2026

Brent Headrick

Age
29
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 6"
Weight
235 lb
Number
#47
Born
December 17, 1997 in Braidwood, IL, USA
MLB debut
April 19, 2023
Drafted
2019, round 9
College
Illinois State
dbWAR
1.7
3 season(s)
IP
59.1
ERA
1.52
FIP
2.31
K/9
10.8
FIP−
55
100 = avg

Brent Headrick is a relief pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2026 he struck out 71 batters over 59.1 innings across 60 appearances, going 6-1. His ERA of 1.52 was 63.7% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the best on his team, and 6th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.31 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 31.7% of swings (16.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 29.3%. His 1.5 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP2.31
K/910.8
WHIP1.15
WAR1.5

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB9183221723.265.322.410.32425.3%
vs RHB1511372721248.197.262.270.24231.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Brent Headrick throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.

Four-Seam Fastball48.2%44794.32,33057.5%22.7%
Slider33.4%31084.32,04946.8%47.2%
Sinker10.1%9493.42,35643.6%17.6%
Splitter8.2%7685.01,04939.5%44.7%
Brent Headrick's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202660059.1610491071191.522.311.1510.82.936551.5
202517023.00001783073.133.831.0411.72.775920.2
2024103.000021523.006.171.3315.06.074151-0.1

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.